Friday, 7 April 2017 from 12:30 to 15:00 (BST)

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Diabetes Update is for all registered nurses and allied health professionals . The update will comprise of lecture presentations , interactive workshops and discussion of case studies. At the end of the update delegates will have gained a better understanding of the management of diabetes in a cancer hospital land be able to

·Define Type 1 ,Type 2 and Steroid Induced Diabetes

·Describe onset, peak and duration of commonly used insulin’s

·Identify commonly used oral hypoglycaemic agents

·Recognise causes, treatment and prevention of hypoglycaemia

·Discuss appropriate blood glucose monitoring in a patient with diabetes or at risk of developing diabetes and blood glucose targets to aim for

·Identify diabetes related complications

·Describe the care a patient with diabetes requires when undergoing surgery, receiving enteral nutrition, during periods of illness and at the end of life